Empire City -John E. Martin

EMPIRE CITY: WELLINGTON BECOMES THE CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND

Empire City: Wellington Becomes the Capital of New Zealand takes Wellington from the first encounter between Māori and the New Zealand Company in Te Whanganui-a-Tara in 1839 to its becoming the Empire City by the 1870s. It tells the story that began with a small and fragile New Zealand Company Pākehā settlement relying only on whaling and racked by earthquakes. The story is how Wellington created a durable economic base and became a thriving political and commercial centre and the capital of New Zealand.

Format: Hardback
Publisher:  Te Herenga Waka University Press
Date: 2022
ESBN: 9781776920228